Severe Thunderstorm Watch 9:00 PM Severe Thunderstorm Watch 9:00 PM Areal Flood Warning — Anderson County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY 9:30 PM Areal Flood Watch 11:00 PM

Franklin County, Kentucky, United States

Last updated: 8:34 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 27°
Mostly Clear
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
5 mph WSW
Humidity
91%
Dew Point
22°
Pressure
29.02 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
28%
Sunrise
6:32 AM
Sunset
8:58 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Franklin County is currently mostly clear at 24°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1094 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:32AM · Sunset: 8:58PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
Areal Flood Warning
Anderson County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY
Expires 9:30 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 11:00 PM
37 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
27%
10 PM
23°
18%
11 PM
23°
16%
12 AM
22°
24%
1 AM
22°
7%
2 AM
22°
3%
3 AM
22°
3%
4 AM
22°
3%
5 AM
21°
3%
6 AM
19°
3%
7 AM
19°
3%
8 AM
19°
3%
9 AM
20°
3%
10 AM
22°
15%
11 AM
23°
3%
12 PM
23°
3%
1 PM
24°
3%
2 PM
24°
3%
3 PM
24°
3%
4 PM
26°
3%
5 PM
25°
3%
6 PM
25°
3%
7 PM
24°
3%
8 PM
23°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
30° 19°
Mostly Clear with a 27% chance of rain.
Wed
26° 16°
Partly Cloudy with a 24% chance of rain.
Thu
27° 14°
Clear.
Fri
24° 16°
Overcast.
Sat
30° 17°
Clear.
Sun
33° 19°
Drizzle, 70% chance.
Mon
34° 22°
Thunderstorm, 64% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Mostly Clear 27% 5 mph WSW 91%
10 PM 23° Mostly Clear 18% 5 mph WSW 93%
11 PM 23° Mostly Clear 16% 4 mph W 94%
12 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 24% 3 mph WNW 94%
1 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 7% 3 mph WNW 93%
2 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph NW 92%
3 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph NNW 92%
4 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 3% 4 mph NNW 94%
5 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 3% 4 mph NNW 94%
6 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 3% 5 mph N 93%
7 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 3% 7 mph N 92%
8 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 3% 8 mph N 89%
9 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 3% 8 mph NNE 83%
10 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 15% 8 mph NNE 77%
11 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph NNE 71%
12 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph N 66%
1 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph N 61%
2 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph N 58%
3 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph N 56%
4 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph N 55%
5 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 3% 9 mph N 56%
6 PM 25° Mostly Cloudy 3% 9 mph N 60%
7 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 3% 8 mph N 63%
8 PM 23° Mostly Cloudy 3% 8 mph N 65%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Mostly Clear
27%
19°
30°
Wed
7/22
Partly Cloudy
24%
16°
26°
Thu
7/23
Clear
3%
14°
27°
Fri
7/24
Overcast
19%
16°
24°
Sat
7/25
Clear
15%
17°
30°
Sun
7/26
Drizzle
70%
19°
33°
Mon
7/27
Thunderstorm
64%
22°
34°
Tue
7/28
Clear
53%
18°
31°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
44%
17°
30°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
44%
16°
30°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
60%
15°
30°
Sat
8/1
Clear
60%
17°
31°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
19°
32°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
19°
32°
37
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
37 AQI 6.6 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
35 AQI 39 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 37 Good 35 37
Thu 32 Good 32 9
Fri 40 Good 40 8
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Tue Jul 21, 23:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE575 J/kg
MLCAPE21 J/kg
MUCAPE1180 J/kg
SBCIN-133 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear45 kt
0–1 km Shear22 kt
Eff. Shear53 kt
0–1 km SRH-52
0–3 km SRH-52
Eff. SRH-52
Storm Motion262° @ 33 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index1.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.04 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.7 °C/km
Total Totals38.7
LCL958 hPa
LFC810 hPa
EL179 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,538 ft